Lithuanian
/lɪθjʊˈeɪnɪən
/ /lɪθʊˈeɪnɪən/adjective
Relating to Lithuania or its people or language.A child of Lithuanian Jews who emigrated to America in 1875, Berenson graduated from Harvard University in 1887....
- Arrested twice in 1905, he joined the emigration of Lithuanian Jews to the United States.
- The violence was directed against a small group of Lithuanian Jews.
noun
1A native or citizen of Lithuania, or a person of Lithuanian descent.Historically, relations with other ethnic groups have been amicable; this is perhaps because over 80 percent of citizens are ethnic Lithuanians....
- The entire region was plundered in the following centuries by invading Poles, Lithuanians, Swedes, Germans, and most recently Russians.
- A lot of the eastern Europeans in Killarney, Lithuanians and so on, would have played a very good standard at home.
2 [mass noun] The language of Lithuania, which belongs to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family and has about 3.5 million speakers.Speakers of African language Lingala, Persian language Farsi, Lithuanian and Somali are among those needed....
- He is the first member of his family to come to the United States from Lithuania, and speaks English, Lithuanian, Polish, and Russian.
- Remus speaks English and Lithuanian fluently, and didn't have to take up Irish because he was over the age of 10 when he joined Rockfield national school.
Rhymes
- perilobular
- peril of the sea
- perilous
- perilously
- perilousness
- peril point
- perils
- perilsome
- perilune
- perilymph
- perilymphangeitis
- perilymphangitis
- perilymphatic
- perimenopausal
- perimenopause
- perimenstrual
- perimeristem
- perimeter
- perimeter examination
- perimeter-less
- perimeter track
- perimetral
- perimetrial
- perimetric
- perimetrical